Singapore is a very small country, really one main island and a few tiny ones, at the tip of Malaysia and looking toward Indonesia. People use the same word for the city, because the country almost is the city — a city-state.

SingaporeSingapore is是 a very small country一個很小的國家, really其實 one main island and a few tiny ones就是一座主要的島加上幾座小島, at the tip of Malaysia位在馬來西亞的尖端 and而 looking toward Indonesia面向印尼。People use the same word大家用同一個詞 for the city來指這座城市, because因為 the country almost is the city這個國家幾乎就是這座城市 — a city-state一個城市國家。

English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil are all official; English is what you hear in shops and schools.

English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil英語、華語、馬來語和坦米爾語 are all official都是官方語言; English英語 is what you hear是你會聽到的 in shops and schools在商店和學校裡。

It is known for being very clean, tightly run, quite strict about rules, and for growing rich unusually fast in the late twentieth century. It is also a big place for business, shipping, and money.

It is known它出名的是 for being very clean非常乾淨、tightly run管理嚴謹、quite strict about rules規矩很嚴格, and而且 for growing rich unusually fast以不尋常的速度變得富裕 in the late twentieth century在二十世紀晚期。It is also它也是 a big place for business, shipping, and money商業、航運和金融的重鎮。

Though actually, the name is an old story, not a zoo fact: it came through Malay Singapura from Sanskrit words for “lion” and “city,” so “Lion City.” You will not see wild lions there.

Though actually不過其實, the name這個名字 is an old story是個古老的故事, not a zoo fact不是動物園裡的事實: it came through它是經由 Malay Singapura馬來語Singapura而來, from來自 Sanskrit words for 'lion' and 'city'梵文裡「獅子」和「城市」這兩個字, so所以 'Lion City'意思是「獅城」。You will not see你看不到 wild lions there那裡的野生獅子。

A few million people live packed onto that small island; older book figures go out of date.

A few million people好幾百萬人 live packed onto擠在 that small island那座小島上; older book figures比較舊的書上的數字 go out of date已經過時了。